HALBERG AWARDS
The following athletes have been nominated for the Halberg Awards to be announced in Auckland on 8 February 2018.
Sportsman of the Year; Tom Walsh.
Disabled Sportsperson of the Year; Holly Robinson, Jessica Hamill, Keegan Pitcher, William Stedman.
Coach of the Year; Dale Stevenson
Emerging Talent; Olivia McTaggart.

RECORD TO SAMUEL TANNERA record that was missed at the time, was Samuel Tanner’s national under 18 6km road championship time of 18:40 in winning in Christchurch in early September. Tanner’s time broke Jacob Priddey’s under 18 national record of 18:52.

OBITUARY
Former national sprint champion and Empire Games relay medallist Clem Parker of Hamilton died on 6 November aged 90.
Clem won the New Zealand 100 yards title in Napier in 1950 in 9.6 seconds, the fastest time at the national championships since John Hempton’s 9.6 in 1890. He was runner up to Dave Batten in the national 220 yards over three years from 1948 to 1950.
He was selected in the 100 and 220 yards and the relay for the 1950 Auckland British Empire Games. In the 100 yards he finished second in his heat, third in the semi-final and sixth in the final and incredibly he repeated those placings in the 220 yards. Clem along with Peter Henderson, Kevin Beardsley and Arthur Eustace won the bronze medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay.
Clem’s sister Dorothea won silver in the 440 yards relay at the same Games.